A More Infectious Mutation of the New Coronavirus has been Found in Indonesia

The Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology in Jakarta found that a more infectious mutation of the new coronavirus has been found in Indonesia.

The study reported that the “infectious but milder” D614G mutation of the virus has been found in genome-sequencing data from samples. Sebelum, in February 2020, the strain as identifiedand has been circulating in Europe and the America, Singapore and Malaysia.

As cited from Reuters news agency, Herawati Sudoyo the deputy director of the institute said, “Tapi, we still need more study to determine whether that was behind the recent rise in cases.”

Sebagai informasi, Indonesia reported 2,858 new infections on Sunda.

And from data by the health ministry showed, total number of cases was 172,053, dengan 7,343 COVID-19 fatalities.